The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-26 00:00:00

FOR tr-ir, SUN. INSOLVENT DEWIORS' AGENTS. ABUSES EXEMPLIFIED. " Better he a Mechanic, aliter, a Mason, or a Shoe-, maker, if such is your Talent, or WOrlonan of Character in some necessary Act or Trade, than an Ordinary Agent or a Common Maker of Schedules." MR. Enri-oß,—Finding that those who h9Vc attempted to ADVOCATE THE CAUSE CF AGENTS Practising in the Insolvent Court, are endeavour- ing to embarrass the question by PERTINACIOUS tliscussion, with a view to involve personal alter ta.tion, I take this opportunity of publicly avow ing that, as an individual, I hereby disclaim all Personal feelini;s on this sobit.ct, exceptiog as a member of the Community, and with a due regard to the interests of the Legal Profession—both of which, on this subject, are inseparably connect.ed. Your Correspondent, ATroRNATus, has, wit,h great credit to himself, boHly called upon these Men, with accosations of gross PREPInY and MIS CONDUCT ; he has contented himself for the pre cent with disclot , ing one solitary r xaniple of per jury, FORGERY, and infamous fabrication in the ahnie . of legal process. I allude to the case which be ha. , adduced tinder the Sperial Bailing System, and wtlich is in confirmation of what I fully treated of in a forwer . letter. It is the case of the tintortunate tvoin:i, at Exeter., who employed one 'of these Aonits io bail her out of custody, and S hich it appears he effected for a certain sum Of Toney ; woman was afterwards retaken by the phintil's A.tornev. and again incarcerated at the suit of tile same p'aintiff, apt! a suspicion Of FORGERY tit tlcileS to the proceeding . Thus this poor woman is again IMMURED With Pl very distant and improbable hope of release, if she awaits the benvfit of legislative relief. The con- Are c ti on sl , e hat: formed, and her participation in the trans:tction alluded to, will cause her exemp tion nuttier the Act, for having used, however hullo- -centiv, FRAUD and injustice tot.yards her cheditors. I would ask these Agents how she is to subsist in ter confinement ; but it would be needless, for 1 c,in anticipate their answer from what they hall for iDeri told me, namely, " a woman may fill up schedule." Anussa% of this !tort are, T apprehend, innu merable, :.‘rrcl sinless a stop is put to such practice, .the consequences to the Cononnoity cannot be v , titnatH The host of persons'who commonly I;it , J.sdacs' Chambers, to' procure what is trt we d hi re d h a il . h as nross, t ;ht an odium on the proit-s.s;o. .:.c law which ought solely to rest I, 'itl - 0 those who . ! buse its practice, and principally .)f vtrsonS called IN'SOLVENT AGENTS, and tint of 1)10 4 c.,y,i0n. The vYtt. HAS IN INCR!,AsIN3, OUGHT to be DISII -I';ls!tEr• Ts , rescue she profession from the dim gt ace '.vh'srh s taches to such con.luct, and to pro. tent cite l'obkc hoot itt evil effects, is a duly which vvery Iv, wi•lser to justice, honour, and ci edit, showd nronsss;e. .As far ac iuv htllttble I ff! , rt , i nn, . I 5..111 cheattully acute ill) TORNAiLS in pref. 111,1 i n ! ! .. i,Ese eods, nnrestrained by t - ile declaa:a lion. and unglued by fear. In addition to 'What Wtiter has adeassced, I 11, g• to state the 14)1- • lowisi t s, c,se, occurred thwog the summer Of Ltst yea , •,A ti ')tor in the Fleet for 20,0001 dp isli-r! tr: o,e of the Agents to procure or purchase him hired bail. Bail were hired upon the s and justified for twenty pounds. and a super teste,s issued it; 11,e usual form. Upon bring ts..tolertql for the disch4r4e of the debtor, it ap re.srest to be a Supersedeas for 20,000/ , tire woND btivma been introduced at she end of the Lil t . o r in :he body of the writ, by the &gent,— The vi.ti!assre of the Itseper detected the forgery its !inits to frustrate the design of the conspirators ; the Agent received his CONSIDERATION Money as Ilse WAGES , if the FRAUD, end the debtor remained in custody. I give ihis moothei instance among the many could adduced to corroborate the sista went of ATTOaNATUS-10' has truly tit dared that 11, tie are Insolvent Aizehis for every Debtor's pri son in the kitwdont, who do all the business of Debtors, to t‘‘e rXeIOSI ,, o of Kolessiobal MOO, and in ',pen of the Liws, and this wide not any due or discriminate con;;deration on the part or rue Debtoi's ,Vho are led to employ these Agents solely tinder the influence tj delusion: for, . by the , - , l.coura . ,. 4 ement which has been afflrf!ed them, ti,cy have aired an aiecudancy , tmost of yoor Readers shill appear extraordinary , or unaccountable. The facility which the Court is laudably disposed to give to the discharge of Debtors "nder the Act, induces the kohnissku of Agents, to exrdi the business of the Co , trt ; and it it was not lot that facilify professional men would be equally-ready and willing to render their 2erviee s with f. t it n al cheat-it:loess as the Agents, • and with less disposition to rapacity ; bor. the fact as soon as an Agent obtains his order of ad.mksion, at the ex pence of a lee, he thinks Liniself protersionally armed to PRACTICE LAW geuerally for prisonv:s. Thus it is that these Agents have created or encouraged a equirt through the pui,,us of the I , olgdo in ttott.they alone .ire the Lcw iigf, , ;ts of • D-b!ors, and That Attoroie , : Win irot act for t heta, I vb ; C11, althoogh it be a base, malicious, and do , germ's fal,ehood, has not failed to npor s • be cretiotty of certain rtisoners to Illeft great iniury—to the loss of their Creditots, the rktriment to •the Public, and the violation of lbe LEGITiNIATS PRACTITIONeRs —For the Pre , eol tokowinginstanee suffice A CeuilvAiin in lite Mitch, wito had entitloyea a rekuiar S,diettor pre ions to his commitment, • lipid whose services wete continued during the terra of these months of hip imprisonment, sent Sol ci!ot at the expirhtiott of that time, and consulted itinu piofes4ionally as to the mode of op plidtion of iliscl,ar 4 under the Act. The ne - - ress , iry arrtigerne'\ , was tnade, and the Solicitor waittd the prisonet's ,re for rite purpose. ;'.f titers /)at proe,pded I,;r. the sonci tor w os very tinext.;.--.' visit Irmo a fv.tl - 111 of itte prisonet , static to him, that Mr. G. Ilan b. imprc,sed by do. asset tion of one of these Agents, living in the neighbourhood of the prison, that it would be Ell Ore proper and r c r recr to employ him t itan his own Solicitor, for that AGE Nits of tile Court were alone qinalified to do AlthOngh this is a palpable imprisi t ton on the prisoner, it is not withstanding an im position constantly practisrd. it is likewise species of injustice to the Solicitor, and will be ittjurioni in its consequences to the general Cre ditors. In cases like this, the Soliciter may have been employed for two or three years, if not more, in arranging and conducting the affairs of the pri soner, with a view to prevent him from the dis grace of confioement, and wter the occurrence o that event, L•tends him for the purpose of Mar shalling his Affairs, wit a due regard to the just claim.: of CrAitors, in a candid and just dis elosin,-, aid, in the result, finds himself described as a Creditor to the Schedule, and is paid for all his former earniogs with a notice tinder the Insol vent Act , rsithout even she satisfaction of the least reward attendant on his prolessiooal endeavours to extricate the Debtor by honourable means under the Act. The Creditor also loses the be- nutit of !hat HONEST disclo9ure which his duty would have influenced him to recommend to the prisoner, who in his turn hi:comes influenced by such advice as such an Agent may chose to give hilt on such disclosure. It will be seen, that artifices, evasions, tricks, •übtilty, and chicane, are resorted to by these Agents, and by their weans many fraudulent Debtors escape the Law, and baffle the exertions of Creditors. It would be a task of extreme difficulty to de vise a law, which, whilst it operated as a punish t►►ent to fraud, should be more lenient to ilia& vcrtenee and misfortune, so as to distinguish he• I wren Agents who persevere in a coot he of ATRO CIOUS VII LAINIC. If the principle shoal be adopted of expelling these Agents, t e w ill he less fraud and iniquity practised by Debtors under the Act, and by such weans the Creditor may expect a fair surrender of the Debtor' means, This is the only principle upon which i: is conceived tegt►lations must be established to secure the Profession and Creditors trout injustice. StmoN has mentioned his dislike to the whol some maxim of know thyself, but he has been very inquisitive in gaining a knowledge of others. fear his information will not extend iu either case by the mode he has adopted. The probability is. that his intellectual obscurity will long render him - also a stranger to the beauties of SHAKS PHARE, and, the understandin4 ut ttte Roman Classics. I will, therefore, give him an illustration from English Writcrs as forcibly applying to this subject. " The many hitter reflections which every had action tests a mind in which there are ANY re miins .4.goodoctis, are not to be compensated by the highest pleasure such an action can pro-. duce."—FtELDING. tryselt,, I will add, " he that wrestles with us, strent,t hens our !het yes and sharpens our for Poetic variety I ciniclude— " Th, n::to resolved and steady to his trust, lutlvxiale to iil, ;:nil onstioately just ; Mal the rude Rabhi's" in*o4.nee de rise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cstr,s," SCHUTATOR. The famous• Captain LANG IS at last in custody. He was on Thursday night seized at Anderston, and was lodged in the Police Office. On his per son a silver watch, 8398, as well as a number of other articles, was lonia Against this . swindler there is a number of charges. He is a most au dacious and adroit fellow—fit for any thing, and match for any hotly—and has as correct x mili tary air as if he had belonged to the Army ot Oc cupation.---A few months ago, he, in a tavern in Glasgow, pretending to be a commercial traveller, ingratiated himself into the good graces of a Pais-. ley 6entlesuart,'whoM he invited to take a ride in his gig, when a hired gig was bi ought to the door. Ile reached however no farther than the five-mile stone, where he left the Paisley man to trudge !nne on his feet, atter having deprived him of his money. For this captain-like trick, he was ad jadged to Ilridewell, and sentenced so banishment !rom Glasgow. It is said that • this Captain has beet.) a private in the Lanarkshire, Dumfries-shire, and lientreveshire Militias., Glasgow is not the only field of his erowess. Edinburgh also hears witness to his exploits. A precognition is going on. In his wardrobe were found some excellent speck ns of Dandy embroidered shirt-necks.— ( Greenock Adrertiser, Dec 2i2.) AhLANCIAOLY AccIDENT.—OiI Thursday last,. a guarder of the name or met with his death at a (parry near StOnehouse, tinder -very distressing circumstances. He had been at vvoik the whole of the day, and was about to leave the trialry, haying nodermined the rod: considerably, with tie expeetation-ot it, falling to the course of the night r its own accord: It would appear -that he had mined too deep, for an immense mass of earch,and sti.ne suddenly lell' in and enveloped him, 14is wife, anxious at his not returning home when it became davit, went iii search ot him with a light and some assistance, whet!, melancholy to she discovered the corpse o; her husband in a horribly mangled state. The head and one arut was severed from the body, and it was otherwise mutilated it a tilloddll4 Mlliner. The unfortu-, nate titan has lelt,,besides his widow, six children to lament his untimely and melancholy late. — (Greenock. Adverther, Dec 22 ) The three sons lately &livered at one birth by the wife of Air. Thomas Baxendlle, of Prestoo, have all fallen a sacrifice to the sonatt-pox. A poor man, named 301m'Cross, a boat-Wright. of Marsh, in Lincolnshire, has within the fast fifteen clays lost his wife and six hue children by .that dreadful disease, the small-pox. - In the co u rse of last Aloud) eighty persons dud of the small-pox at the [live, Ivhcre it eun:inues to 'make great tavaii;cs,. POETRY. A SLY ROGUE IN A HAT-FIELD. 'Twas four-rand the jangling dull village clock Procla:M . (l it ail over the , Up trotted a boy in a little smock-frock, With a big . brown bottle of ale. The hedge-row was shady, the grass newly mown; Wheru the haymakers all assembled, [thrown, Sweet brOwn bread and cheese round the circle were And the ale in the fall horn trembled : Ah me''. what a sweet repast, Nobody could doubt, AS the burn went abcni, That their little half hoUr aid scaMper too fast: In stioth so it did—lnit cash man had his fill, High Makin4- his spirits up leap, 'Till, by time freihening breeie from the hill, They sank hi the amts of sleep But, 0! what a sly one among 'cm did lurk, A rope for his greedy throttle! ke sleep, i'faith I he was Inisy at work With the dtrizost empty bottle: Sad marl be can hardly stand : Look there how he goes •• 1., On his tottering toes, Like a poor struck bullock whose death is at hand• Said I, " this is just like a pitiful thief, Who finds ye where dark woods are,. "and begs a few pence,"—! low? you grant hint relief; He sees ye have more to spare ; So, what does he do ?—Sly as hint that's drunk, He ryes ye more cunning than kind, And etas from your carriage your travelling trunk, And "!caves not a wreck behind," A cowardly, pitiful chap ! Give, give 'rue the gallows, For these are your• fellows That pluck out the feathers of Charity's cap. BEPPO. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dec. 25. The Rev. Henry D. Leeves, M. A. Student of Christ Chnrch, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to Earl Whitworth. The Archbishop of Canterbury has granted a dispensation to the Rev. John Kislev. A. 111. and Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Grafton, to hold the Rectory of Thornton, in the county of Bucks, with the Rectory of Ashton, Northamptonshire. A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling the Rev. IL Lackey, A. M. Chaphin to th e Right lion. Lord Rous, and Vicar of Much Dewchurch, in the county of Hereford, to hold the Rectory of [Antiwar'', to which lie was nit Satioday instituted by the Very Rev. the Dvan of Hereford, as Commssary for the Llril Bishop of that Diocese, on the presentation of the Gover nors of Goy's Hospital, together with the Vi carage of Much Dewchurch. PREACHRRS AT ST. MARY'S. Rev. Dr. Gortfr6y, of Queen's College, on Sunday morning, and on Circumcision. Rev. Mr. Percivel, of Wadham College, on Sunday afternoon, and on Innocents' Day. On Sunday last,the Lord Wshop of this diocese held au Ordin4tion at the Cathedral, Clakt Church, when the following we►e ordained : DEACON;. Thomas Arnold, M.A. Fellow of Oriel Co11.1;:e. Ellis Roherts. B.A. Scholar of Jesus College. Walter Powell, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College. ' John Watts, B.A. Fellow of University College. William Lewis Davies, B.A. Fellow of . St. John's. James Forbes Jowett, B.A. Fellow of ditto. Charles Alcock, B.A. Fellow of New College. John Anthony Cramer, M.A. Student of Christ Church. John Salter, M.A. Student of Christ Church. Charles Lacy, B.A. Chaplain of Christ Church. George Mawson Nelson, B.A. of Queen's College, and Cu. rate of Bletehington. (:harks Edmond Keene, B.A. Fellow of All Soo!',:. James notvhins, B.A. of St. John's College, and Chaplain of Christ Churst. PRIESTS. John Bill!. M.A. Student of Christ Church. Challes Henry Hutton, B.A. Fellow of Magdalen. Chas les Davies, M.A. Fellow of Pembroke Colkge. (1,,,,1,5 , Henry Watling., B.A. Fellow ot Jesus College. Benjamin Geo. Blacktlen, M.A. of Queen's College, Cam brid4e. and Curate of,Pyrton and Shirhnrn. Charles Webbet , B.A, Student of Christ Church. Charles John Ridley, M.A. Fellow ot University College. Wm. D. Longlands, NI.A. Fellow of Ballot College. .1f kVatson, M.A. Fellow of Brasenose College. Thomas Gnnton Calhoun, B.A. Demy of Magdalen. James Bullock, B.A. 'Scholar and Chaplain of Worcester College. Richard Lynch Cotton. M.A. Fellow of Worcester. Henry F. , ;iileboti ow, B.A. Fellow of St. John's. William Dalhy, M.A. Fellow of Exeter. William Evans, M.A. Fellow-of Jesus College. At a Genera! Ordination held nn Sunday, by the lion. and Right Rev. the Lou! Bishop of Glou cester, at the Cathedral, the following tientlemen were ordained : PRIESTq. Rev. R. M. Manwaring, A.B. Bra , enose College, Orford. Rev. Edwin Jacob, A.M. Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Rec. Eras. Drake Foster, A.B. Balliol Colleg , Oxford. Bev. Le Lluestie Jones, A.B. Queen's College, Oxford. Rev. 3iisper F. Benllie, A.II. Brasenose College, Oxford. Rev. Thomas Garhett, A.B. Jesus College, Oxford. B ev . P. I.: we t Mosley, A B. Jesus College, Cambridge. Rev. Chris. Dodson, A.M. University College, Oxford. Bev. Joseph Freeman „A.B. hilly College, Oxford. Rev. Ilugh Kerr, A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge. Rev. Henry Motiall, A.M. Brasenose College, Oxford. Bev. Henry Poole, and her. Tholoas DEACONS. Mr. B. Jermen ('Doper, Ai'. Ohrist Church, 'Oxford. Mr. ftichard.loucF, A.B. Worcester (ollege, Ox.ford. Mr Iltury Femtall, A B. Emanuel College, Cambridge. Vin. S. Bagsbaw. a.li. Worct:ller Oxc.'t•d. Mr. IL Harvey ',relit., A.B. Christ Church. Oxford. Mr. Pi-c!iard ‘k' o r(l, jun. A.B. tit. John's Coll. Cambridge. Nit-. I). Williams, A.B. St..lolio's Cutlegr. Cauihridg,e. ,Mr. Wm. Prowse, A.B. St. Ldniuml Hall, Oxford. Mira AutavAts, DP:x.o.3.—Cotint Novralierre, Lord Co- tiCe, Lord Gwydir, Lord and Lady Tarn, Lady C. Raul, Lady Staines, Lady Shep?aid, Lady Wi!toughy, Hon. Cap• tain Peilew, Sir Joseph Andrews, Sir P. Mighott, Sir ( Clockart, Sir W, Dunhar,,Sir W. and Lady Norlicote, Sir A. Strachey, Sir S. Sheppard, General . Von reaclih . Colourl Berkeley, Sze. ec.c.• AMERICAN PAPERS. DOCUAII , ATTS, REPORT-OF GRAHAM. aih. GRAHAM TO THE SECRETARY OF STATR. City of Wn - shington,;Sor 5, 1818. SSH,—Mr. Rodney havir.g undert,kett to draW np, for our joint signature, a Report reSpet ring the present situation of the country we recently visited tinder the ordeis of the • President, and circum stances having fo.eVent eti him from presenting it to me fOr 'perusal, until his late at tival in this city, I was not aware until then that 1 should have occasion to pl'eSent to you my individual views on that subjeet. Brit on an attentive perusal of the p a p er h e d re lv up, I toui4d that although these was not perhaps any *l:Outwit fact on which we esien ildertd, yet that ‘otne were stated of which I was not a ware ; and that we had taken views which it Might be difficult to combine during the short time then allowed to Its , an d o f w hi c h i t m i g h t b e proper that you should b.: put in possession. Un der these circumstances, I thought it better to sub mit to the disadvantage of hastily throwing my. observatiotts together, mid of presenting them se parately, than to ask him to derange the general teportr ()Phis Report by introducing them into it. The at rival of Mr.Bland,u bo will necessarily make a separate Report, will, I trust, reconcile the Pre sident 'to the course I have t aken, as, from a com bined view of what we individually state, he may perhaps be bitter enabled to draw his own in ferences as to the actual situation and future pro spects of the country ire visited, than front any joint Report in which we could all have agreed, as, under ordinary circumstances, that must have been the result of it compromise of opinions, and would probably have excluded seine facts, or some views, which one or the other of us will, its the mode now adopted, present to you. In my particular situation, however, I thought it less necessary to go into detail, as I know that the report of Mr. Rodney would furnish informa tion) on points which 1 omit. With great respect, I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN GRAHAM. The Hon. John Q. Adams, Secretary of State. The country formerly known as the vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres, extending from the nor,h-west run sources of the river i a Plata to the southerly cape of America, and from the . coofines of Bfazit and the ucean.to the ridge of the Andes, may be considered that which is " The United ovinces of SOW h A merica Under the Royal Government it was divided into the lutendeneies or Provinces of Buenos Ay:es, Paraguay, Cordova, Salta, Portos, Plata, Co chabamba, L 3 PVZ, and Pun°. Subseveotly to the revolution, in the year 1814, another division was matte, and from the provinces of Cordova, Salta, and Buenos Ayres, were taken those of Cuyo or Mendoza, Tucuman, Cot ientes, Ent re Rios, and the Banda Oriental. The others, it is believed, retained their former boundaries, and, with the exception of ParaAtoiy, are generally call ed " Upper Peru." 'ibis widely extended country embraces almost every variety of climate and soil, and is capable of ohnost every variety of productioo. A large part of it, however, particularly on the west side of the river L 3 1140.1,. and_sobt4r.ty towards Gape Horn, is deficient in wood, even for fuel, and its water ; t h at which is ttitild is generally brackish. Although three centuries have passed by since the Seaniards made tl:eir first settlement in this country, and some cimiitierable towns an d citi e s have growl) in it, yet its general improvement am! population have by no means kept pace with theto ; for the tower provitr es have been almost en tirely abandoned t ,, Cie itnny.oist. herds of cattle which graze on ti eir p'ain•, and require only the partial care of a c mita ati , e y few herdsmen, anti the inhabitants of Upper fern have been engaged more generally in be bu,iniss of mining than was fawn; able to intpr veasent or population. Certain sms:l districts have peculiar advantages, are said. to be All cultivated, and very productive : bat agricalve has in general beta very mach. neglected. It is, in a great degree, confined. to the vicinity of towns and cices, and may be said to limit its supplies to the r demands.-- This state of things, combined with the veggie tions of the former Government, the influence of climate, and the force of example, has stiatopeil the character of indolence upon that class of so ciety usually considered as the I,bluring class. — The same causes have not operated, at least with the stone force, upon the other inhabitants of the country hence they are more indusrrions noti more active : their manners are social, rtiendly, and polite. In native talents they are said to be info ior to no people; and they have given proofs that they are capable of great and persevering et torts ; they arc ardently attached r to their country, and warmly enlisted in. the cause of its iede pendence. Ii out necessary (or me to enter into a detail of the causes which led to the Revolution in 1810. The most immediate, perhaps, are to be, foituil its the incidents conneeted with the two invasions of the country by the British, in the years ISOS and 1501, and in the sobsequent events in Spain, as they had a direct tendency to show to these peo ple their own strength, and the incapacity of Spain to give them protection or enforce obedience. The groupd-work was, lo.tvt yen, laid in the jealous an'd . toppressive syVCITI adopted at a more early ILtrrod by the Z ings of Spain, whose policy it ,leerited to be to ke e p within as narrow li -Albs as circumstances wriuld permit, the in relligeoce,'weah h, and population of that past of America subject to their dominion, as the sorest nredos o f preserving an empire which considered the great source of their wealth anti power, The revolution Irsving been auspiciously com pit need in the city of Buenos Ayres, was warmly and zealously supported by the mass of the people staigended from the Spaniards; hot the n a tive Spaniards, bis well those domesticated in tire country as those in the ser%iteot the King, nere a!tnost all apposed to it, part.culatly at the time 1101 under the circumstances it.tuok place. Dis stosions were tht immediate malt, anal tt,ric lung standing it alootSy ant► distrust of ea c h here by subsequent events been heighten , it min (leaO g y au4L.lity, »tikkU iitue *Lunt: can wear away ) , .• ti :9 the 5 ;9 la at wing „ of 113 I the in relto poil isre r ffo o Mr. Oa' ce sl 0 15 TO ,ellg Co. eie ,srs , be fit 'tea. 4'l' l ,~~o' pre f et' , is e• tbe tlii 4 1114 ~rfi• tbg g 1 14 oy9l s ,r" 4 Cl' 'Oi l' tV ir .oil re o. r re- eot ll rite irci" , e in`o7 kY°J4 ,ales 4 - r t et , e ill' oat 57 tlic !!00' it of : i)O e ' Lien; 1►0(0 , Fo' TAT' ~t~ .